I have recently upgraded from a Pentium II to a Pentium III. Chucked out the entire motherboard. Then I had to reinstall Windows because there was a difference in the AGP bus. Now my entire system is unstable. Programs would just shut down and some even restart my computer. Please, any tips will be appreciated
I don't want to burst your dreams in my harsh words of impending pain, but... It's time to get a new computer I'm afraid.
True it is a good idea to get a newer system however that doesnt really help solve the problem now does it Toiletman? I'm running a P3 and it runs plenty fine xbennyboy : what version of windows do you have? what motherboard?
Well I have Windows XP Professional 5.1. No Service Packs (because I have the MSDN version). The motherboard is an Intel CC820. Also when I check the system log in the event viewer, they list several parameters and then it gives me a link to this microsoft website that leads to nowhere.
Well my comp is not connected to the Internet. I use a different comp to go online. Also I have been using the same power supply as before and it never gave me any problems. unless pentium II and III motherboards use different voltage which is unlikely. Also i think all these problems happened after i installed my NVIDIA drivers.
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Also you do not have to have the internet to obtain a virus, any software or hardware you install could contain a virus especially if it is a copied version, it never hurts to run a virus check on your system even if it is not used for internet connections.
Its the MSDN version. No need to reactivate XP. Its already activated. Also I have no RAID and SCSI devices. I did do a repair installation with the XP CD. Could it be a memory problem? Cause I also added a 128 mb of memory. Can you mix pc133 with pc100?
Usually you can mix the two but occassionally compatiblilty problems arise in which case you need to contact your manufacture of that of the motherboard for more details. If you have pc 100 and pc 133 your system will automatically run on the slower of the two so if you dump the pc 100 then it will upgrade to the pc133 so if your pc does not seem to have improved this could be why its only running one and the slowest of the two.
Dang. It was that 128 MB stick of memory. When I removed it everything worked fine. Oh, tech hates me. I can never get above 256 without a problem. Why? Why? Tell me now!
I am assuming the 256 is PC100 and the 128 PC133. Well, not exactly your system should run memory speed it is set in BIOS to run. But I know what buddy meant, it is capable of running reliably only at the slower of the two ratings. I believe the P3 runs 100MHz x 6 and so would run PC100. However, the introduction of 128MB PC133 has weirded it out (to use a technical term) and so, the two sticks are incompatible, bank architecture or whatever, NFG. Get a duplicate 256MB stick and run 512MB. If you can't match it (I don't think I can buy PC100 anymore) you can buy 1 512MB stick of PC133 for, lemme see here, USD $100 bucks or so. Too bad about the 128MB. Will your PC run OK with it alone? Is it double or single sided? 8 chip or 16 chip? Don't know if you have mobo info but some are real picky about memory config's allowed. Find a home for the 128 and you'll feel better, one of your buddies or whoever, $30-40 bucks. 256MB is workable. A P3 is still fine but you don't want to put a whole lot of money into it... But if you love it, shrug, say WTF and buy it a 512MB stick! (Memory is a noble expense, very justifiable.) L8R
My 256 MB is 2 sided 16 chips. Well don't leave yet. My computer got better for a while and then the problem started again, but just less in frequency. Help again! Please. Is there any other problems. Can you give me some hints? _X_X_X_X_X_[small]Windows XP Professional Pentium III 600 MHz with 384 MB of SD-RAM GeForce4 MX-440 SE with 64 MB of DDR from eVGA.com[/small]
is a likely cause so I'd start by running a memory stress test on it. You can get memtest86 to do this for you from http://www.mrbass.org/dvdnewbie/#4 Your original memory may have just gone bad. If you find out it is bad and decide to replace it, you may be able to use PC133 or you may not. In general, motherboards made for PC100 can't see more than 128MB on a single stick of PC133 so unless yours is actually designed for PC133 it's probably not worth going higher than that on any one stick.
sorry I got them backwards yes I meant dump the pc133 but anyways these two are not usually compatible.
